Retirement Jobs | Retirement Jobs News for 02/28/2009



In an unstable economy, confidence is everything - Toledo Blade
WE NEED to be convinced to be confident. We're not there by a long shot. The latest Consumer Confidence Index shows how much of a free-fall the country's confidence is in. From January - when the index was down slightly at 37.4 points - to February ...

School Offers Retirement Incentive, Cuts Possible (East Aurora Advertiser)
The East Aurora School District is offering some of its more senior teachers a one-time retirement incentive this month, with the School Board and administration hoping to cut back expenditures and lay off fewer new teachers as it prepares for the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent James Bodziak presented plans for the retirement incentive to the board at its Feb. 11 meeting...

Expert tips for finding retirement jobs | RetirementRevised
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, and so it goes with retirement in 2009. The brutal stock market decline and frozen real estate market have wrecked the retirement plans of many Americans, who now find themselves back ...

Phoenix To Cut 250 Jobs - Hartford Courant

Phoenix To Cut 250 Jobs
Hartford Courant, United States
Phoenix said it will re-position its business by expanding alternative retirement product offerings, developing new distribution channels for its main product offerings, and seeking partners for private labeling ventures. Private labeling means Phoenix .
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Worries about unemployment nearly double in year - New Haven Register
WASHINGTON EUR” As the economy continues to struggle, the public is growing increasingly concerned about losing jobs, not having enough money to pay the bills and seeing retirement accounts shrink, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Nearly ...

Bad economy affecting seniors' retirement plans - Herald Times Reporter

Bad economy affecting seniors' retirement plans
Herald Times Reporter, WI
. their grown children who had moved in after losing their jobs have nowhere to live. They also learned that the house has decreased in value by 30 percent to 40 percent. And, she added, they have lost 30 percent of their retirement investments. .
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Jobs still deeply involved, Apple tells shareholders (National Post)
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in company decisions despite ceding control over operations, executives told shareholders, while waving off questions about reports of a regulatory probe into disclosure...

Daily Record, The (Baltimore) - Maryland Court of Special Appeals: Thomas v. State Retirement &
February 17, 2009 -- Administrative Law Special disability benefits BOTTOM LINE: Circuit court properly affirmed Administrative Law Judge's denial of state...

Retirement Jobs - Tips for Seniors Seeking Employment
At least one in four older Americans are either postponing their retirement or seeking to return to the workforce, while 4 in 10 employers have designed programs to encourage late-career workers to stay past their traditional retirement ...

Retirement Jobs Open For Those Seeking Work | Retirement
Fortunately, there are many different types of retirement jobs open for those who have voluntarily ended their previous career, and the need for experienced help is always increasing. Regardless of the reason, typically any one who ...

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Biden, panel discuss green jobs in forum at Penn (Delaware County Times)
PHILADELPHIA EUR” Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and reducing dependence on oil...

Web Traffic to Career Development Sites Increases 20 Percent Year . - MSNBC

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Web Traffic to Career Development Sites Increases 20 Percent Year .
MSNBC
"With the current unstable economy and rising unemployment rate, more people are heading online to search for jobs, and interestingly not just the unemployed. The career development category also grew 20 percent year-over-year among at work users, .
Nielsen: Economic Context Forces People To Access Job Sites More EfluxMedia News
Seniors Take Job Hunt to the Web All Things D Blogs
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Why I'm Not Lining Up for Stimulus Handouts - Wall Street Journal
Recently, a firestorm ignited in Wisconsin when I, as Milwaukee County executive, refused to submit a wish list to Gov. Jim Doyle for items in the federal "stimulus" package. Gov. Doyle -- like other politicians -- had lined up at the federal trough ...

J. Crew Group Cuts Jobs, Suspends 401(k) Plan (TheStreet.com)
Attempting to cut significant costs, the retailer will lay off 95 and suspend their retirement plan...

Last Norwalk union agrees to early retirement offer (Stamford Advocate)
NORWALK -- One day before Friday's deadline a union agreed to the city's early retirement package. "I really feel like a 500-pound weight has been lifted off my chest," a relieved Scott Vetare said about reaching the deal...

Retirement: Test your financial planning IQ - The Associated Press

Retirement: Test your financial planning IQ
The Associated Press
What percent of homeowners age 50 to 65 plan to use home equity to finance ordinary living expenses in retirement? (a) 6 percent (b) 10 percent (c) 20 percent (d) 50 percent 9. A job layoff in one's 50s or 60s typically reduces total household wealth .
Redefining our America for the future Edmond Sun
Trouble in Boomerland Financial Post
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Biden, panel visit Penn to talk about 'green' jobs (Courier-Post)
Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and...

Biden to Philly: Green jobs are coming - Philadelphia Daily News

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Biden to Philly: Green jobs are coming
Philadelphia Daily News, PA
Biden said yesterday's session was the first in a year of monthly meetings around the country that would focus on a variety of topics, including retirement benefits and education. His task force is charged with making recommendations on how to boost .
Biden plugs 'green' jobs Boston Globe
Biden, panel discuss green jobs in forum at Penn York Daily Record
New task force sets out to help save the middle class Kansas City Star
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - Shepherding -- a sacred duty
February 17, 2009 -- After some two decades in uniform, U.S. Army Chaplain Keith Shurtleff plans to retire in the next year or so. There's much this lifelong Church...

Why People Never Grow Old with Retirement Jobs
In fact, surveys show that almost 58 % of those who are at an early retirement stage and are engaged in retirement jobs had contended that the reason why they still want to work is that they still want to serve their community. ...

Allison Transmission cutting 43 jobs (The Indianapolis Star)
INDIANAPOLIS » Allison Transmission has cut 43 salaried jobs, mainly at its Indianapolis headquarters, company spokesman Eric Dickerson said. The move follows early retirement buyouts announced in January for nearly 200 workers. Allison currently employs about 2,600 workers in Indianapolis and 200 in other locations throughout the world. That is down from a total of 3,300 when it was purchased ...

Retirement Jobs
Has your retirement fund tanked and you need to go back to work? Or, do you want to retire from your current job, but want to do something completely...

Biden, panel visit Penn to talk about 'green' jobs (Courier-Post)
Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and...

Manchester Library Hosts Seminar On post-Retirement Jobs - The Manchester Times

Manchester Library Hosts Seminar On post-Retirement Jobs
The Manchester Times, NJ
Emphasis will be placed on using a post retirement job or business opportunity to follow one's dreams and self-employment opportunities will be included. This program is open to the adult public free of charge. Please call 732-657-7600 or go online to .
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Jobs still deeply involved, Apple tells shareholders (National Post)
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in company decisions despite ceding control over operations, executives told shareholders, while waving off questions about reports of a regulatory probe into disclosure...

Biden leads Philly forum on green jobs (The Morning Call)
Air Products is cited as leading supplier of gases to solar industry. Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force on Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and reducing dependence on oil...

Topeka Capital-Journal, The - Letters to the editor
February 15, 2009 -- Disturbing vote Working women who voted for Lynn Jenkins should be sorry they did so in light of her vote against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Play...

Independent, The (London) - Should we have stopped Roosevelt after two terms?
February 14, 2009 -- Comment Only the media make the argument that there should be time limits on holding power, and that's because someone losing and a changing of...

Feeling jobbed - Boston Globe
Three months away from her 65th birthday, when many people are getting ready to retire, Kathy Palliola has no plans to give up her job at the CVS store in Spencer, where she spends up to 20 hours a week working the greeting card section and helping ...

Oakland Tribune - New assessor-recorder-county clerk named
February 18, 2009 -- The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has named Ken Blakemore to be the county's assessor-recorder-county clerk. The position has been...

Oakland Tribune - Ask Amy: Humor might deflect Neanderthal
February 17, 2009 -- DEAR AMY: My husband has been retired for a number of years, and I hold a full-time job. We share household chores and are comfortable with our...

Allison Transmission cutting 43 jobs (The Indianapolis Star)
INDIANAPOLIS » Allison Transmission has cut 43 salaried jobs, mainly at its Indianapolis headquarters, company spokesman Eric Dickerson said. The move follows early retirement buyouts announced in January for nearly 200 workers. Allison currently employs about 2,600 workers in Indianapolis and 200 in other locations throughout the world. That is down from a total of 3,300 when it was purchased ...

Market Wire - Caterpillar Moving Forward With $240 Million in New Plant Construction in the South, an Industrial Info News Alert
February 16, 2009 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- In these tough economic times, CaterpillarIncorporated (NYSE:CAT) (Peoria,...

Jobs in jeopardy at Cowlin and Dow Corning (icWales)
NEARLY 140 jobs could be lost as two more businesses in South Wales suffer the consequences of the economic downturn...

More Job Search Resources for Baby Boomers
The increase in demand for jobs for baby boomers has generated additional online resources for finding those jobs and/or for increasing your chances for landing one of them. These are some of those job search resources that I have found ...

Getting a Job After Retirement
Part time retirement jobs are by far the most popular form of work for retirees. Part time can mean anything from one day to five days per week, often with reduced hours. Some retirees chose to work for just two or three hours several ...

Who Will Replace Steve Jobs? - Motley Fool

Who Will Replace Steve Jobs?
Motley Fool
Jack Welch named Jeff Immelt his successor at General Electric (NYSE: GE) in November of 2000, a year before his retirement. Not only was Immelt given time to transition out of his gig as CEO of GE Medical Systems and into the top job, but the other .
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Sunday Mirror - Your motoring: Bob ditches his job with GM
February 15, 2009 -- Hot on the heels of BMW design guru Chris Bangles decision to call it a day, yet another high profile name from the world of motoring has decided...

Largo braces for budget cuts - St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools Over the next several years, some Largo residents will lose their favorite programs and city workers will feel the brunt of budget cuts. Despite tax reforms, cuts have been relatively painless the past couple of years. Just a few ...

J. Crew Group Cuts Jobs, Suspends 401(k) Plan (TheStreet.com)
Attempting to cut significant costs, the retailer will lay off 95 and suspend their retirement plan...

Finding Post- Retirement Jobs and Business Opportunities
Manchester Branch Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2:00 pm Registration required. Call 732-657-7600 or register online.. Learn how to supplement your fixed income after you retire. In todays economy, many seniors need to remain active in the workforce ...

Charleston is one of the 10 Best Cities for Job-Seeking Retirees .
Some of the best cities to find retirement jobs support several industries that tend to hold up well in turbulent economies. Huntsville, Ala., for example, has a mix of government jobs at the Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space ...

Manhattan District Attorney Morgenthau to retire - Newsday
Legendary Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said goodbye to public service yesterday at age 89, opting to spend time with his family and tend to his upstate farm rather than run for a 10th term this year. "Some people are slow learners ...

Biden leads Philly forum on green jobs (The Morning Call)
Air Products is cited as leading supplier of gases to solar industry. Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force on Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and reducing dependence on oil...

Canadians try out new ways of living - Calgary Herald
With mandatory retirement abolished in most provinces, many Canadians are choosing whether to walk away from their jobs and end their working life or ease their way into retirement. Finances, lifestyle and pension regulations are factors they will ...

Thomas: The president and the governor - Saratogian
After weeks of EURśtalking downEURť the economy and concern among some of his supporters that his sobering prognosis for the nations recovery might be affecting Americas natural optimism, President Obama delivered a speech to Congress on Tuesday ...

Obama's approach rife with contradictions - Monterey County Herald
A fter weeks of "talking down" the economy and concern among some of his supporters that his sobering prognosis for the nation's recovery might be affecting America's natural optimism, President Barack Obama delivered a speech to Congress on Tuesday ...

School Offers Retirement Incentive, Cuts Possible (East Aurora Advertiser)
The East Aurora School District is offering some of its more senior teachers a one-time retirement incentive this month, with the School Board and administration hoping to cut back expenditures and lay off fewer new teachers as it prepares for the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent James Bodziak presented plans for the retirement incentive to the board at its Feb. 11 meeting...

Manufacturing jobs disappearing from Canada (National Post)
While the Canadian economy added 1.5 million people to employer payrolls during its peak years, roughly 322,000 manufacturing jobs -- or more than one in seven positions in the sector -- disappeared from the landscape, Statistics Canada reported Friday...

Horizon cuts retirement benefits, some positions - Chillicothe Gazette

Horizon cuts retirement benefits, some positions
Chillicothe Gazette, OH
The process involved all managers and looked at ways to save money with minimal impact to jobs and services. In the end, fewer than five jobs were reduced. "We tried to eliminate some positions that were more duplicative," McKell said, adding changes .
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Deferred Retirement: Drop the DROP - The Ledger
the market. "Florida's state pension plan was fully funded a year ago," Forbes magazine reported last week. "Now it's at least $28 billion, or 22 percent, in the hole." Not to worry. If Florida's pension fund goes bust, taxpayers will pick up the tab ...

Jobs in jeopardy at Cowlin and Dow Corning (icWales)
NEARLY 140 jobs could be lost as two more businesses in South Wales suffer the consequences of the economic downturn...

Biden, panel discuss green jobs in forum at Penn (Delaware County Times)
PHILADELPHIA EUR” Vice President Joe Biden chaired the first meeting of the White House's middle-class task force Friday, hearing testimony about how investing in green jobs will put idle workers into well-paying positions while also improving energy efficiency and reducing dependence on oil...

Last Norwalk union agrees to early retirement offer (Stamford Advocate)
NORWALK -- One day before Friday's deadline a union agreed to the city's early retirement package. "I really feel like a 500-pound weight has been lifted off my chest," a relieved Scott Vetare said about reaching the deal...

Manufacturing jobs disappearing from Canada (National Post)
While the Canadian economy added 1.5 million people to employer payrolls during its peak years, roughly 322,000 manufacturing jobs -- or more than one in seven positions in the sector -- disappeared from the landscape, Statistics Canada reported Friday...

Work for teens scarcer as elders defer retirement - Boston Globe

Boston Globe

Work for teens scarcer as elders defer retirement
Boston Globe, United States
As older Americans, by necessity or choice, work beyond traditional retirement ages, young men and women are increasingly shut out from the job market, according to the study by researchers at Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies. .
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) - To fuel economy, remove barriers to education
February 16, 2009 -- Though public officials tell us we're not as bad off as other states, it is little comfort if you are one of those 31,016 Utahns projected to lose...

Regions will suspend retirement contributions to save money and jobs - The Birmingham News - al.com

Regions will suspend retirement contributions to save money and jobs
The Birmingham News - al.com, AL
Regions Financial Corp., the metro area's largest private employer, said Friday it plans to suspend contributions to employee retirement accounts to save money and jobs. The Birmingham-based bank will suspend matching contributions to 401(k) plans and .
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Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) - Evening Chronicle: True cost of scandal; COMMENT
February 14, 2009 -- THE human cost of the Northern Rock crisis continues to mount more than a year after it was nationalised. Hundreds of people have lost their jobs...



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